Woodlawn International Invitational

The Woodlawn International Invitational was a men's professional golf tournament held at Woodlawn Golf Course on the Ramstein Air Base, near Ramstein-Miesenbach in West Germany between 1958 and 1968. It was usually held the week following the German Open and, until its final year, had one of the highest prize funds in Continental Europe sponsored by the United States Air Force.[1][2]

Woodlawn International Invitational

Tournament information
Location	Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany
Established	1958
Course(s)	Woodlawn Golf Course
Par	70
Format	Stroke play
Month played	August
Final year	1968
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Bernard Hunt (1961)
Final champion
Frank Phillips

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Country	Ref
1968	Frank Phillips	Australia	137	Playoff	Martin Roesink	Netherlands	[3]
1967	Fred Boobyer	England	276	3 strokes	Barry Franklin Tony Grubb	South Africa  England	[4][5]
1966	Donald Swaelens	Belgium	278	Playoff	Jean Garaïalde	France	[6]
1965	Tadashi Kitta	Japan	274	Playoff	Barry Franklin	South Africa	[7]
1964	Denis Hutchinson	South Africa	272	2 strokes	Roberto De Vicenzo Ángel Miguel	Argentina  Spain	[8]
1963	Denis Hutchinson	South Africa	271	6 strokes	Retief Waltman	South Africa	[9]
1962	Max Faulkner	England	273	Playoff	Bob Charles	New Zealand	[10]
1961	Bernard Hunt	England	264	3 strokes	Eric Brown	Scotland	[11]
1960	John Panton	Scotland	271	2 strokes	Bernard Hunt	England	[12]
1959	John Panton	Scotland	267	4 strokes	Ken Bousfield Flory Van Donck Harry Weetman	England  Belgium  England	[13]
1958	John Panton	Scotland	275	2 strokes	Bernard Hunt	England	[1][14]

References

1. "Ramstein's Woodlawn has rich golfing history". Kaiserslautern American. 6 October 2006. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
2. Williamson, John (8 August 1968). "Spectating". European Stars And Stripes. Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. p. 21. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via Newspaper Archive.
3. "Golf win to Phillips". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 August 1968. p. 30. Retrieved 9 April 2020 – via Trove.
4. Wicker, Bob (7 August 1967). "Boobyer wins Woodlawn by 3 strokes". European Stars And Stripes. Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. p. 21. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via Newspaper Archive.
5. "Boobyer's success". The Guardian. London, England. 7 August 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via Newspaper Archive.
6. "AF-sponsored golf to Belgian". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 1 August 1966. p. 54. Retrieved 8 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Japanese golfer wins tournament". Austin American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. 9 Aug 1965. p. 24. Retrieved 8 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Woodlawn Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 10 August 1964. p. 4. Retrieved 8 February 2011 – via Google News Archive.
9. "Hutchinson Wins". The Glasgow Herald. 19 August 1963. p. 3. Retrieved 8 February 2011 – via Google News Archive.
10. "Faulkner wins £1700 event". The Glasgow Herald. 27 August 1962. p. 4. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via Google News Archive.
11. "B. J. Hunt's success". The Glasgow Herald. 21 August 1961. p. 3. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via Google News Archive.
12. "Third successive win for Panton". The Glasgow Herald. 1 August 1960. p. 6. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via Google News Archive.
13. "Panton successful again". The Glasgow Herald. 3 August 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via Google News Archive.
14. "Two large golfing trophies won by John Panton". Bonhams. Retrieved 17 April 2020.